Meningitis tweet saves a life
Howard Lake | 13 January 2011 | Blogs
Twitter is just another communications channel. But every now and again it does show you how powerful it is. Come to think of it, following so many charity and fundraising-related content on Twitter, those magic moments happen on a very frequent basis.
Still, here’s one from today that shows why Twitter can matter.
@mannix1000 @mredbyrne Meningitis tweet prob saved my son today; I got a second opinion and they called the ambulance. Thank you both. X
Fleur Flanagan
daisydoug
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Yes, you should never rely on Twitter messages getting through in life-threatening situations. Yes, mobile phones, email etc are also very good at rapid sharing of information.
But Twitter is public and personal. So now we all know just how effective it can be.
Which makes the Meningitis Trust’s humorous Please ReTweet Me choral video all the more appropriate:
www.meningitis-trust.org
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.